Hackers exploit Ruby on Rails vulnerability

Computerworld Security: May 29, 2013
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Hackers exploit Ruby on Rails vulnerability

Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Ruby on Rails
Web application development framework in order to compromise Web servers and
create a botnet.
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Prolexic White Paper: DDoS DNS Reflection Attacks

Domain name system (DNS) servers can be harnessed for cyber attacks. This white
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networks from this increasingly popular distributed reflection and amplification
(DrDoS) attack.

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Richi Jennings: BUSTED: Feds seize Liberty Reserve domains (then they came for Bitcoin?)
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2. Anonymous member pleads guilty to Stratfor hack
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3. Darlene Storm: Protect American IP by deploying malware to lock hackers, pirates out of PCs?
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4. Harvard dean who okayed secret faculty email search steps down
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The state of the high tech services industry is in flux as never before. With
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services forward. But we are often reactive given the reality of the world we
live in.

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Richi Jennings: BUSTED: Feds seize Liberty Reserve domains (then they came for Bitcoin?)


...and I didn't speak out, because I didn't use Liberty Reserve. The U.S.
seizes libertyreserve.com and other domains used by the online payment
processor. The DoJ alleges that digital currency service was a huge haven for
illegal activity. But legitimate users cry collateral damage. In IT Blogwatch,
bloggers ponder double-standards and fear for future fracas.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8598064/823929835/613756/0/

Anonymous member pleads guilty to Stratfor hack

A former member of a band of hackers faces up to 10 years in prison after
pleading guilty Tuesday to a single computer hacking charge.
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Solving the Five Pain Points of Agile Development

Research shows that developers are struggling in five key areas. Access the
latest Agile SCM research, videos, and success stories to learn how to overcome
the latest roadblocks to developer productivity and performance in the
enterprise.

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Darlene Storm: Protect American IP by deploying malware to lock hackers, pirates out of PCs?


Chinese government hackers infiltrated defense contractors working on critical
weapon systems, but were also accused of 50 – 80% of intellectual property
theft. Although stopping other countries from stealing American trade secrets
sounds like a good idea, suggestions by the "Commission on the Theft of
American Intellectual Property" could also go after file-sharers with
pirated content. The commission recommended "not yet legal" actions
such as deploying malware on the offender's computer, locking down or
destroying computers with illegal copies, and even "photographing the
hacker using his own system's camera."
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Harvard dean who okayed secret faculty email search steps down

Harvard College Dean Evelynn Hammonds, who last month acknowledged authorizing a
secret search of email belonging to several residential deans at the school,
will step down from her position July 1.
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